Palestinian student explains why he challenged Trump after release: “You will not silence me” – CBS News Watch CBS News Mohsen Mahdawi, a Palestinian Columbia student who had been detained by immigration authorities when he went to his U.S. citizenship interview, was released after a judge’s order. He spoke to Lilia Luciano in his first
Trump pressures Hamas to release hostages as Israel plans expanded Gaza operation – CBS News Watch CBS News Israel’s government approved plans for its forces to capture the entire Gaza Strip and hold it indefinitely. The Israelis say the plan will not be implemented until after President Trump visits the region next week. Weijia Jiang
Washington — The Trump administration on Monday urged a federal district court to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the Food and Drug Administration’s actions expanding access to the widely used abortion pill mifepristone. Justice Department lawyers wrote in a filing with the U.S. district court in Amarillo, Texas, that the three states pursuing the lawsuit —
Washington — The Trump administration said Monday it would cut off all new federal research grants to Harvard University in the latest escalation of its battle with the school. Education Secretary Linda McMahon is expected to send a letter to Harvard informing the Ivy League university that it is not eligible for any new federal
More on Hegseth’s role; military parade More on Hegseth’s future after Waltz’s departure; potential military parade for Trump’s birthday 04:33 Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday ordered a minimum 20% reduction of four-star generals and admirals across the military, he said in a memo addressed to senior Pentagon leadership. He also ordered at least 20%
Over a dozen states sued the Trump administration Monday for laying off thousands of Health and Human Services staffers, urging a court to reverse job cuts that they argue brought work at large swaths of the Robert F. Kennedy Jr.-led health agency to a “sudden halt.” The lawsuit — filed in Rhode Island federal court by
The National Institutes of Health has laid off hundreds more staff, multiple current and laid-off employees of the health agency told CBS News, including at its cancer research institute. Around 200 employees began receiving layoff notices Friday evening, said three people who spoke on the condition of anonymity. The move surprised NIH officials, since the